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Gonna Gonna Get Down VI, Wednesday, March 16 at Mohawk: Cloud Control, Twin Shadow, Givers and More
On March 16th we'll be hosting our sixth annual day party during SXSW, featuring two stages full of excellent acts at that most excellent of venues, The Mohawk. This year we're collaborating with our friends at The Windish Agency, the Laneway Festival, Eat Your Own Ears and sponsors at Scion, Zazzle, Feiyue, and Corona to bring you the best party in our already notorious run.
The event is all ages, and totally free. We go from noon to 6pm, and suggest you show up early. Check out our Facebook invite for the event, and listen to tracks from our artists at our Soundcloud page. Meanwhile, let's take a closer look at some of the bands we have playing, shall we?
The L.A.-based Foster the People are our outdoor headliners during this year's party. The smooth rockers are generating hype in NME and elsewhere with the release of their self-titled EP. Atmospheric and warm, but substantive as well. [official]
The Jezabels, 5:00pm, Inside
Sydney quartet The Jezabels put out their second EP in '09, and have since toured with Tegan & Sara and all on their lonesome. Their driving, dark piano sound will round up some comparisons to The National, but of course you need to hear it for yourself to make sure that's apropos. [official]
Royal Bangs, 4:15pm, Outside
Knoxville's Royal Bangs are a thrilling live act - take our word for it! From a review of their performance at 2009's Fun Fun Fun Fest: "A throaty, electronic-based rock band, Royal Bangs pumped through numbers from their latest, Let it Bleep, under a barrage of twin guitar assaults and heavy synthesizer accompaniments. Pumping, acrobatic vocals from Ryan Schaefer set the tone, and jumpy guitar lines bowed in and out of upstart drums and a terrific bass sound (courtesy of Henry Gibson) only teasingly situated in the recordings." Strong stuff, but you can handle it. [facebook]
Hanni El Khatib, 4:00pm, Inside
Early rhythm and blues meets indie rock meets who knows what in the songwriting of Hanni El Khatib, where the retro and progressive worlds merge into a catchy stew of disparate musical ideas. [official
Cloud Nothings, 3:15pm, Outside
Carpark recording artists Cloud Nothings have come a long way - the band began as teenager Dylan Baldi's home recordings, though the project has grown to the point that Baldi has forsaken school to make the band his full-time job. The group released their self-titled debut album this year to acclaim, and much to their credit were able to bridge the worlds of intimate, personal recordings with the bigger, brasher world of the studio. [facebook] The Holidays, 3:00pm, Inside
Givers, 2:15pm, Outside
We've been lucky to catch Louisiana band Givers multiple times over the last couple of years, including their joyous turn opening for the Dirty Projectors or at our city's own ACL Festival last year. The band combines afro-pop, indie rock and just plain solid songwriting into an experience that should not be missed. [official]
Cloud Control, 2:00pm, Inside
The second of our "Cloud" bands, Cloud Control are a Sydney group who have made waves across the U.K. opening for The Temper Trap and Local Natives. The folksy four-piece have a new album set for release in May 2011, and no doubt we'll hear some of it during their set. [official]
Twin Shadow, 1:15pm, Outside
One of the buzziest acts on the blog'o'sphere these days, George Lewis Jr.'s Twin Shadow is a suave electronica act that lands somewhere between neo-soul, '80s dance, and glo-fi. It's neat stuff, and standout track "I Can't Wait" on Twin Shadow's debut album Forget was one of the year's most pleasant surprises. But heck, the whole album is pretty stellar, and we're pretty excited to host this live performance. [tumblr]
Jamie Woon, 1:00, Inside
Another atmospheric electronic artist, Jamie Woon comes all the way from the U.K. with ethereal, emotional music that doesn't fit squarely into R&B or techno. Still, the calming layers and openness of Woon's music is a refreshing antidote to a genre that can be frustratingly obtuse and close-circuited. [official]
Mount Kimbie,12:15, Outside
Mount Kimbie christens the day's events with their open-ended take on dance and dubstep - deep enough for the genre's true believers, but inviting and warm enough for the rest of us to begin dipping in. The duo's Crooks & Lovers was one of last year's more inviting forays into all things loopy and trippy. [facebook]
